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Luke skywalker has vanished. In his absence the sinister First Order has risen from the ashes of the Empire and will not rest until Skywalker, the last Jedi, has been destroyed. With the support of the Republic, General Leia Organa leads a brave resistance. She is desperate to find her brother Luke and gain his help in restoring peace and justice to the galaxy. Leah has sent two of her most daring pilots—Celestia and Poe—on a secret mission to Jakku, where an old ally has discovered a clue to Luke's whereabouts...
Celestia and Poe sat before the ally Leia sent them to retrieve an important piece of information from. It was a missing piece of the universe's map which disclosed where Luke Skywalker was hidden. The man placed the object in Poe's hand. "This will begin to make things right. I've traveled too far and seen too much to ignore the despair in the galaxy. Without the Jedi, there can be no balance in the Force." San Tekka was an old, wise man who had seen too much tragedy in the galaxy.
"Well, because of you, now we have a chance. The General's been after this for a long time." Poe assured the old man.
"Oh, the General? To me, she is royalty." Tekka chuckled.
"Well, she certainly is that." Poe smiled small at the kind man.
Suddenly, BB-8 bursted into Tekka's hut to inform Poe and Celestia of any incoming enemies. Apparently, the First Order was making its way into Jakku and they needed to leave immediately or else they risked getting caught. "We got company." Poe lowly told San Tekka.
Celestia quickly hurried outside with her binoculars to take a peek at the First Order ships that had just landed. "They're deploying a ton of troopers." Celestia rapidly informed them.
"You have to hide." Poe suggested for the old ally to take shelter to avoid being killed.
"You have to leave." San Tekka gave them his own advice. "Go!" He urged them.
Poe and Celestia short each other a curt nod before sprinting back to their ships. "Come on, BB-8, hurry!" Poe shouted at his droid as it slacked behind the two racing humans.
Celestia quickly hopped into her ship, which was stationed right beside Poe's. She quickly buckled in and closed the hood of her ship. With a hasty press of a button, she turned on her ship for take off. At the same instant, Poe's ship was shot at and it took out one of his propellers. "Come on, Dameron!" She shouted over the noise of chaos the troopers were causing by pillaging the planet.
Poe hopped out of his ship to quickly fix his ship and BB-8 followed pursuit. Celestia's heart began to race and the adrenaline took over her nerves. This was what she signed up to be a Resistance pilot for, the adrenaline and the race. She covered Poe as he fumbled with the piece of the map in his hands and secured it with BB-8, instructing him to keep it safe and get it back to General Organa by all means necessary. BB-8 began rolling off in the distance as Poe began to run toward the chaos and violence of the stormtroopers. "What are you doing?!" Celestia screamed at him as she stood up in her seat on the one man ship.
"Get back to the General! Tell her the droid is on Jakku!" He shouted over at her.
"Are you insane? We've got to leave this place!" She shouted at him.
"Only one of us fit on that ship, and the droid is safer if we come back for it than take it with us while the First Order is at our heels." Poe flashed her an assuring smile.
"If you die, Dameron, I'll kill you!" She groaned as she buckled herself back into her seat.
"I'll be waiting on it." He winked at her, then began to jog toward the violence. Celestia took off into the dark sky with only a few First Order ships behind her, in which she managed to quickly shake with a few jumps into hyperdrive.
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"The map is on Jakku?" General Organa questioned Celestia once she reported back to her without Poe and the droid...and the map.
"For now. It was Poe's idea. If you hadn't made him Commander—" Celestia began to complain that he had been promoted to a higher rank than she.
"Enough of the whining, Captain Djarin, or else you won't get that same promotion." General Organa chuckled at her.
Celestia frowned at her. "Of course I know it was Poe's idea. Unfortunately, the droid has been reported leaving Jakku. Fortunately, he's been located at Takodana, with Maz Kanata—an ally to the Resistance. We leave tomorrow, and you'll lead the fleet." Leia ordered her pilot.
Celestial nodded, wearily. "What is it?" Leia asked her.
"You think Poe will be okay? I haven't heard from him yet." She asked Leia.
Leia placed a comforting hand on her shoulder. "You know him as best as I do, he'll come back. Rest easy, Cel. By morning, he'll be back to pester you all over again." Leia, calmingly, reassured the girl. Celestia sighed and nodded, taking the advice with ease. She had this unconditional trust for Leia. Maybe it was because of her ranking, or maybe it was because she was like a mother figure to her. Regardless, Leia always knew how to calm Celestia's nerves, even in intense times of war.
